Alto Velo Racing Club

 

Alto Velo Racing Club 2026 Registration is Now Open! JOIN HERE!

The 2026 Pescadero Road Race needs volunteers! Click HERE to volunteer.

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Alto Velo is a premier cycling club in Northern California that supports a friendly and inclusive community for cyclists of all levels, disciplines and backgrounds. We offer weekly fun and challenging group rides as well as training and racing opportunities. We strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help you pursue your cycling aspirations, from building fitness to winning national championships.

Interested in becoming a member? Learn more about the benefits of joining Alto Velo.

Alto Velo Group Rides

A Ride

Our most challenging ride, expect a hard, consistent pace for 3-5 hours of riding

B Ride

Challenging no-drop ride that climbs local iconic hills such as Old La Honda and Kings Mtn

C Ride

A more moderate workout. Practice group riding skills in a supportive controlled paceline

Egan riders climbing a hill segment

Egan Ride / Climbing Ride

Bored with structured training? Increase your fitness with hill intervals!

Women’s Ride

Alto Velo Women’s Ride

Joy Ride

Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live

Coffee & Cake Ride

Casual ride with a coffee stop!

LHR Ride

Mid-week “low heart rate” recovery ride

Waiver for New Riders
Other Group Rides
Local Routes
Zwift Rides

Alto Velo Racing Team

AVRT is one of the largest and most successful amateur racing teams in the Bay Area

Latest News

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Shine on, Alto Velo: Safety and Visibility Tips for Fall and Winter Riding (Bicycle Law Sponsor Blog)
Shine on, Alto Velo: Safety and Visibility Tips for Fall and Winter Riding (Bicycle Law Sponsor Blog)

Road hazards and your rights: What you need to know (Bicycle Law Sponsor Blog)
Road hazards and your rights: What you need to know (Bicycle Law Sponsor Blog)

As cyclists ourselves, Bicycle Law is committed to not only providing legal services to cyclists, but also educating riders about relevant legal issues.

“Will Ride for Pancakes”
“Will Ride for Pancakes”

Upcoming Events

Event Calendar
Bike Hut Classic
Pescadero Coastal Classic Road Race

Egan Rider of the Week

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Egan 2025 - End of Season Banquet + Last Chance to Pick-Up Your Egan Socks!

For the last official Egan of the season we had quite the turnout - 90 riders made it to the leaderboards with 387 PRs and 1 XOM! Rider of the day was Florian Costa with 7 PRs and 2 top 10s, also taking the top spot of the men’s GC while Laura Formosa took the top spot for the women with 7 PRs and 1 top 10, clean sweeping all segments as well!

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We finished off road season strong last weekend taking the team win at the Mount Diablo challenge! Our climbing hit squad brought lots of late season fitness for some impressive times. It was the perfect exclamation point on a very successful 2024 ro
9/28 Alto Velo Women/WTFNB recruiting ride Calling all women/trans/femme/non-binary riders! Our women’s race team is recruiting. Please join us on Saturday for a conversational-paced ride to get to know the team. We’ll regroup at the to
SAVE THE DATE: 9/22 Alto Velo Recruiting Ride #1 Are you interested in racing with Alto Velo Racing Team in 2025? If so, please join us this Sunday 9/22 at 9am at Summit Bicycles for our first recruiting ride of the season! This is the first of four
📣 AV is recruiting for next season, all categories from new racers to pros! We’ve got lots of group rides, team social activities, and tons of team support at races for members of all categories. Hit that link in our bio if you want to apply!!
Last weekend at University road race in Santa Cruz, @niknak47 (and Jupiter) toughed out a podium spot on a super challenging course! Fingers crossed for more #podiumdoggo content from them this season! In the men’s race, AV absolutely stacked
Finishing up the summer strong with another round of the ACC! The second to last stop of the nationwide pro crit series visited Littleton, Colorado where Whitney and Jon braved the altitude, high temps, and smokey weather to sharpen their crit racing
Last week, some of our domestic elite team took on the 10 days of criterium racing at Chicago Grit! These stacked international fields featured some of the stiffest competition of the year for our crit team. Highlights from our 4 member hit squad inc
The team absolutely tore up the local criterium scene over 4th of July weekend!! 3 great NorCal races in 4 days made for quite the weekend of racing 🔥 Davis 4th of July Crit 🇺🇸🎇 🥈Sue Lin in 35+ 🥈Lora in 45+ Watsonville Crit 🍓🍓 6th and 8th f

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Egan Store open until 11/28. 2025 Limited edition kit
The hottest cycling collection in the Bay Area in 2025! Thank you to Reneé & Rocio @elielcycling
Egan at the top of the Dolomites! @warner_n_ms_sadie @altovelosocial
Vote for Mr AV Donut. Which one you vote for #1 or #2? @adambhavnani @simoneddyp @altovelosocial
Where is my taco? @altovelosocial. 📸 @uncle_kridley @matt.bierbaum
It is Taco Time! Registration link in Bio! @altovelosocial
Pescadero Road Race 2024. All pics in bio. @altoveloracing @altovelosocial @creativeshotinc
Hottest race in Bay Area this Saturday !🔥🔥🔥🔥 link in Bio.

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The AV annual picnic was an absolute blast, thanks to all these amazing people! We loved seeing everyone come together for this event, socializing outside of our usual bike kits and helmets. 😎🚴🏼‍♂️🚴‍♀️⛑️ 📸 Professional quality photo cre
📣 Join us on the 2024 Inclusive AV Annual Picnic. Tacos, churros, booze with vegetarian options will be served. 🌮🥗🍻 Bring your family and friends to our annual picnic event 😎 🔗 Registration link in bio
AV unofficial ride in Tioga Pass. Although long drive and few hours of sleep, we had happy miles with great companies. 🏞️
📣 🏁 Our annual Pescadero Road Race is fast approaching, and we need your help to make it a success. Please consider volunteering and filling in some key positions. Any help is appreciated 🙏. 🍞🏝️As a thank you for your time and support, you&rsq
Weekend vibes, highlighted by @simoneddyp’s Coffee & Cake ride and @uncle_kridley’s cycling in action photoshoot.
Huge B & C rides on Skyline today. Everyone showed up for @jamesbiddle first ride leading. 💯😎
🛍️ Snapshot of our holiday shopping night at @summitbicycles, filled with delicious food from @terunpizza 🍕and quality time socializing with our fellow riders. 🙏Much appreciated our sponsors, Summit Bicycles, Térun & Jen Tavé f
🛍️ Join us for the holiday shopping event. You will access to discounted cycling gears (apply to AV members), enjoy food 🍕& drinks 🍾, and chat with our sponsors about the AV members’ benefits. 🎁 For each purchase, you will get a raffle